Chapter 2143: Surrender
Xiao Ran had just placed his hand over Lacus's when she immediately turned it over and clasped it with both of hers. She opened her eyes and stared straight at him for a long while before finally asking, "The threat to Earth has more or less been eliminated. I have a feeling you're preparing to leave too, aren't you?"
Xiao Ran looked at Lacus and nodded gently. "Yes. Once the New Government has been established, responsibilities divided, and the military deployments reorganized, I should be leaving. But I promise I'll definitely come back."
"I'll wait for you to return. Always." Lacus said this to Xiao Ran with utmost seriousness, then smiled and changed the subject. "PLANT has already done as you instructed. Under Flying Eagle's surveillance, they executed that Glaton. His body has been brought back to Free by Flying Eagle. You can rest easy now, right?"
"Mm... yes, I'm much more at ease." Xiao Ran chuckled. "But I wasn't worried that PLANT would learn anything from Glaton. The intelligence Glaton knew was completely unimportant to me. Free is no longer the Free it was under his rule, so the leak of that information is irrelevant."
"It's just that Glaton had considerable prestige in Free. If we kept him alive and he somehow escaped again, there was no telling what kind of threat he might bring to this Earth, which had only just begun to settle down. By then, Earth might have to face an even more terrifying Free—a Free that had received the technology I provided and grown even stronger."
"If Free fell into chaos, Ironclad Dragon would follow suit. Those who had surrendered from the Union would also seize the chance to start another war. And then there's Nigal Heavy Industries—their chairman is no simple